The unfamiliar path

The bramble overflowing,

undergrowth abloom

but a hint of a path

one long abandoned.

Left to grow fallow.

Forgotten, up the bank,

out into the wood

away from my home.

Life that unknown journey,

maybe a hidden rock wall,

the unfamiliar path before me

calling me forward, out into the world.

The unspoiled path into the wood

calling, beckoning me on

to move from my comfort

out into the unknown.

The whisper on the wind

a shiver at my back,

yet a call echoing within me

to turn and not look back.

Venturing forth, yet uncertain,

not knowing yet the way;

needing the Spirit to guide me

each and every day.

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new name/edited April 13, 2015

The unfamilier path

(editing “The untrod path”)

new name/edited April 11, 2015

The unused path

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/04/the-unused-path.html

(editing “The untrod path”)

new name/ edited April 7, 2015

the forgotten way

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/04/the-forgotten-way.html

edited April 7, 2015

The untrod path – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/04/the-untrod-path-v2.html

March 5, 2012

The untrod path

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/03/untrod-path.html

earlier poem, “The yellow canopy”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2011/11/yellow-canopy.html

November 9, 2011

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first stanza written as the poem “The Road Not Taken”,

by Robert Frost was being read,

written at Poet’s Corner

monthly poetry readings

Suncook Senior Center

March 5, 2012

&

“The Road Not Taken”,

by Robert Frost

Poet’s Corner

monthly poetry readings

Suncook Senior Center

November 7, 2011

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